The answer is: yes. Solution one: strengthen existing buildings. There should be legislations that make seismic strengthening compulsory.
Limits should be set based on the age of the building, and appropriate time limits should be set for execution of the strengthening not more than a year.
Secondly, all maps and designs for new constructions should strictly follow bis norms. Further, completion certificates for high-rise buildings should be staggered.
Part completion certificates, issued every two or three floors, could regulate construction through the whole process. And lastly, it is important to create awareness about earthquakes.
This could help reduce loss of human lives, if not property. The government could initiate training at various levels: for ' vip s'; decision-making level administrators; implementation level administrative cadre; educational institutions; and the common person.
The media must also play a role in disaster mitigation. Information-based articles and programmes could be far more constructive than covering post-quake carnage. In Japan, for instance, September 1 is observed as natural disaster mitigation day. The big Tokyo earthquake 8. The entire nation takes up the seismic drill -- rushing ambulances, fire fighting squads, medical teams. The result: very few deaths during subsequent quakes. Quite unlike October 29, which is similarly observed in Orissa post the Orissa cyclone of : politicians and administrators deliver talks and lectures, and little else.
Arun Bapat is research seismologist based in Pune. We are a voice to you; you have been a support to us. Appropriate guidelines have to be developed to cover the aspects of land use zoning, hazard resistant building construction. Transfer of better technologies can be effected through building centers. Priority should be given to public buildings such as hospitals, educational institutional, power stations, infrastructures, heritage monuments, life-line structures and those which are likely to attract large congregation keeping in view their ability to withstand earthquake of the defined intensity.
Suitable action should be taken by the State Governments for retrofitting and strengthening of structures identified as vulnerable as per earthquake manuals and NBC.
Innovative construction technologies should be studied and implemented. Keeping in view the geotectonic features of the region, it is observed that rocky ridges, although form a small part as indicated in Map There are certain areas like Rohtak, which are topographically low and flood prone, as such any development in these areas should be taken up keeping in view that these are also seismically intense zones.
Participating States should prepare detailed Contour Maps for their respective Sub-regions on a scale of , at a contour interval of 0. Suitable measures should be adopted to arrest the tendency of desert extension in this part of the region.
Disaster Management in The National Capital Region Human settlements are frequently affected by natural disasters, which take heavy toll on human lives, destroy buildings and infrastructure and have far reaching economic and social consequences for the community. The occurrence of earthquakes in and around Delhi is attributed to the following prominent tectonic features: a The Sohna fault b Aravalli fault c The hidden Moradabad fault in the Indo-Gangetic basin d Sonepat-Delhi-Sohna fault e Junction of Aravalli and Sohna fault f Delhi-Haridwar ridge Earthquakes: Earthquakes of intensity lower than four on the Richter scale have originated from 14 epi-centres located in the NCR.
Floods: Similarly, the region lies in the flood prone area and inundation during monsoon is a regular feature. Fire: Fast growing cities like Delhi located in NCR are threatened by fire hazards, which may be attributed to following main reasons: Non-implementation of fire safety norms as part of building bye-laws.
Encroachment, over crowded and haphazard growth affect the movement and timely approachability of fire tenders in emergency. Illegal and loose electric connections. Sub-standard wiring and over loading of electrical system. Share this. Related information. Related links. India: Climate disaster resilience index soon to be released for Mumbai. India city profile: climate and disaster resilience.
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